"Blaine is in the chair in the House," was the answer.

"It isn't possible," said Butler.
"Yes, he is just announcing the committees." Butler rushed into the House in time to hear Mr.Dawes's name read by the Clerk as the Chairman of Appropriations.

He was very angry, and bided his time.

They had an altercation over the bill to protect the rights of the freedmen in the South, the story of which I tell in speaking of Grant.

But as the end of the Congress approached, Butler endeavored to get up an alliance between the Democrats and what were called the "Revenue Reformers." There was a large number of Northwestern Republicans who were disposed to break away from the party because of its policy of high protection.